A stretch of the M25 can be closed for a full weekend for the primary time subsequent week and National Highways is warning drivers to “only travel if necessary” and to count on big delays.
The motorway can be closed in each instructions from junction 10 (A3 Wisley) to junction 11 (A320 Chertsey Interchange) from 9pm on Friday, 15 March to 6am on Monday, 18 March.
National Highways says the street will shut so it could possibly demolish the bridleway bridge at Clearmount and set up a big gantry.
The work may also improve the variety of lanes at junction 10, which, National Highways stated, will “make journeys safer and improve traffic flow”. Entry and exit roads to Wisley, Pyrford, Old Byfleet and RHS Wisley can be made safer, it stated, and air pollution may also be decreased.
Jonathan Wade, challenge lead for National Highways, stated: “Drivers ought to solely use the M25 if their journey is totally essential. This is the primary of 5 full closures of one of many busiest junctions on our street community.
“We have spent months planning for these closures and ensuring there are diversion routes in place, however there’ll nonetheless be heavy congestion and delays.
“These improvements will bring long-term benefits to drivers who pass through this stretch of the M25, not to mention pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders who will also see positive changes in the area.”
As a part of National Highways’ programme to enhance junction 10, 5 full closures are set to happen between now and September 2024.
The authorities physique has not but introduced the precise dates of the 4 different closures, however the subsequent one will happen in April to put in the brand new bridleway bridge at Clearmount. Closures is not going to happen throughout vacation durations, it stated.
Future closures will embrace the set up of the brand new Cockrow Green Bridge – the UK’s first heathland bridge, which can join the Ockham and Wisley commons and kind a pure and protected hall for native wildlife.
Between 4000 and 6000 autos journey between junctions 9 and 11 between 10am and 9pm on a weekend, National Highways stated, and it warned that journey to airports equivalent to Heathrow and Gatwick may very well be affected.